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Be it known thai; JOSEP@ Viepr'ir9 suh .ject of the King or Great Britain and Ereiand. and a resident ef ehe boreugh ef Brooklyn in he county el Hinge, State ef New York, have imemed eert in new and userid mprevemene im Sprin Aeters, of

My invention relates Spring meere, for talking machines, and has for irs @h ieet eo produce e motor which wi he silent in ite epemtien, boih when the spring is being wound and when the seme is unwinding and driving the mero?.

This and :further objects wii more uiiy appear in the following s} eeiiea'tien end ec em-pmiyingg drawings eeneidere together er separatey.

have ihls'rratef ie'veneien e the aeeompenying frawinge, in whieh,- y

Figure lis a seeieiml View when en. ehe ine of Fie: 2;

2 is u side eevahieai;

Eig. 3 is e demii eeetien ef 'the reche'e mechanism;

Fig. e1.- is a side eeveieri 0f keeper; and

5 is en ege vfiery ri rhe drawing@ in i pew and the 'paw spring barrel 8 has se'mre re c ie Kew 'thereof a crown 4e zm the Darre 2 is provided wih a spur ger e'eslff img wih the spur gear e. shaft Twhich :liso e e, i The gear 8 is in 'mesh with e pinen e on ehe bum-'mme shui?, A. geveriier eiouii'e in the zame, en erveii. h5 as Worm 'l2 en `the shaft i0. A a

Cerrie in the frame i, signi 'es ro the shaft 0,12 be spring ber/reis i): @nel e'' which inner erl Qi the winding 'ehefz carries a spur Whee i which meshes eh eroi-rn whee' 4,v gears and ie eee each paeviee' with in'roue eeeh 'which speeee. 'he e, 'greater deg'ee *ahem eemmen his' arrangement one enige ef enge ne springs may he mmmejv wonach Serial No. lili/,ll.

ways heidi the Wheee in such engagement the gears Wii run sieniy. Rigidjf secured ro the Wineing shaft. is e ratchet wheel i5, which ie eiigaged by parli, i mounted on zhe frame l to prevent' ioi'atien of the wining by the ex# pension 0f 'he sprinen Cerrie (inthe Wiming' shaft is a, keeper 17 which is heid 'hi rietierm enge'emen with The ratchet Wheei i5 by means 01 a Washer 18 and Cotter pin i9. The keeper is formed of `Esprime; metal,l

m ene side of ehe perforation through which the winding shaft extends, it is lspit and the ends turiief outward to increase the rieion between the raehet wheel, keeper and Washer. T .e keeper is provided with an extensien 2O in which is e slot '21. The

elet is engaged by e pin Q2 on the pawi M W "ehe 'hiding ehaff is urned in the deck-Wise direction by means of e crank (not shown), he keeper will, by the frietiomf. eng;egexrientA with the ratchet wheel, rotefe with the shaft. This movement y S' the keeper Wii cause the pin 22 te run up' and 14. As :soon es ehe 'shaft meres 'under the iniuenee of the spring, the keeper Wi mere with it, because of the frietiona engagement ef *'he keeper with Ehe shaft, the pin Wii he movedto the hotom of ehe eine 2l, and the paw wil engage a ratchet oeh .and arrest the movement ef the Shaft.'

with 'the raehee, whe the spring is being 'eerder erneei, there wil heno chair-ber of ihe paw over i'he reteheieeh;

t Wiil he eeeirthet the governor 11 is longsie of the spriej barrel ami hai; the nirifehe shaft i0 mid arbor. er@ betweee inname less in motore with which 1i am famil- Yifhiie have shown my improved ratchet anni pawi mechanism in connection with a talking machine motor, l. desirev to have it understood that H tio not desire to limit myself to enen use as the mechanism is' capable of general utility.

in accordance with the provisions of the 'patent statutes, have described the principle of my invention together with the apparrains which if now consier to represent the best embooiimen tJ thereof, but I 4desire to have understood shown is invention nan be carried out in other Ways. Having now eescribed my invention, what Claim and desire to secure b Letters Pat-V ent is:

A motor having a barrei`l1 a spring Within the harrei, a erown 'Wheel having involute that the apparatus. mereiy iiinstrative vand thatJ the.

teeth, an invoiute spur gear meshing with the crown Wheel, a shaft carryinothe spur gear, a spur gear on the spring arrel, an arbor, a pinion en the arbor and engaging 25" the spur Wheel, a gear on the arbor, a turni4 table shaft, a pinion on the shaft, meshing with the gear on the arbor, a governor shaft,

a Worm on the same, a Worm wheel on the tnrn-table Shaft for shafheaid governor shaft lying parallel to the involute spur gear shaft and alongside the spring barrel, the arbor and shaft being between the governor shaft and the sprin' barrel. 3:

driving the governor 3u turn-table This Specication signed and witnessed this 14th day'of J une, 19,16.

JOSEPH WOLF F. 

